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  • Rúben Amorim during Manchester United training

    Manchester United
    ‘He’s ready’: Amorim’s rise from obscurity to Premier League

    Before his first United game, the people who know him well explain how he got this far
  • Pep Guardiola with the Etihad Stadium in the background

    Guardiola faces new City challenges after decision to stay

    Jamie Jackson
  • Nigel Clough celebrates after giving Nottingham Forest an early lead at Arsenal in March 1989.

    1980s revisited
    When Arsenal’s hopes wobbled at home to in-form Forest

  • Céline Haidar
    Youth international in coma after Lebanon airstrike

  • MLS
    Juan Mata aims high after buying into San Diego FC

  • England
    Hilário leaves Chelsea to join England as coach under Tuchel

  • West Ham
    Lopetegui has two games to save job as club consider options

  • Uefa
    Kosovo to appeal 3-0 loss for exit over pro-Serbia chants

  • Tottenham
    Spurs appeal Bentancur ban length over Son comments

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Over there

  • christian mcfarlane nycfc defender

    Christian McFarlane: could England gain a US-raised star?

  • Todd Boehly watches Chelsea play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge

    Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s self-styled revolutionary, is facing failure

  • Christian Pulisic has 9 goal involvements for Milan in Serie A this season.

    Christian Pulisic has been a bright spot in a frustrating Milan season

  • Antonee Robinson of Fulham FC in action during a November match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.

    Antonee Robinson: the American left back finding career form at Fulham

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In depth

  • Stefan Schwarz, Ade Akinbiyi and Joselu.

    Career we go
    A look at footballers who played here, there and everywhere

    From a nightmare spell in Moldova to drawing in blank in Houston, some players enjoyed a unique professional life
  • Mohamed Salah

    Opta Analyst
    Salah is getting even better – Liverpool must keep him

    Forward issued a timely reminder after reaching double figures for goals and assists this season
    • Clockwise from top left: Gianluca Vialli, Rúben Amorim, José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger and Jürgen Klopp.

      The Knowledge
      The foreign country to provide most Premier League bosses?

    • David Squires cartoon

      Cartoon
      David Squires on … his favourite characters in 10 Guardian years

    • Udinese’s finest (from top left): Oliver Bierhoff, Zico, Antonio Di Natale, Morgan De Sanctis, Roberto Sensini.

      Serie A
      Nostalgic five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Udinese

    • Brian McClair gets away from Viv Anderson at Hillsborough in 1991

      Golden Goal
      Brian McClair for Man Utd v Sheff Wed in 1991

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Business of soccer

  • Liverpool recently announced they will earn more than £60m a year from a new kit deal with Adidas starting next season.

    How football’s amorality and transactionalism became the game within the game

  • The link between fans and teams can be severed when Wall Street becomes involved

    Cold, ravenous and predatory, private equity is slouching towards the NFL

  • Corporate renaming can lead to fans finding themselves in a sporting no-place

    Anfield Presents Amazon Dome may be closer than we think – and fans will be livid

    Aaron Timms
  • Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger have been transformative figures in European football.

    Has Wenger finally won the culture war over big money in football?

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

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Video

  • 'More like someone's nan'
    Footballers and their terrible statues

    Harry Kane has joined the ranks of footballers unveiling statues that don't resemble a strong likeness.
  • England beat Greece 3-0 in Athens to go top of their Nations League group

    England
    Carsley praises young players in Nations League victory over Greece

  • Gary Lineker has been a presence on football fans’ screens on Saturday nights for 25 years.

    0:50

    Match of the Day
    Lineker's most memorable moments as host – video highlights

  • 'For me, it's important now to carry on and build on results of Leicester, of Chelsea and of PAOK,' says Van Nistelrooy

    Manchester United
    'I'll focus on Leicester and we'll see after that': Van Nistelrooy on his future

  • Frankie Leonard from Bearsted FC made an incredible save in their game against Fisher FC despite his foot getting stuck in the net

    0:26

    Non-league
    Goalkeeper pulls off amazing save despite getting foot trapped in net

  • Rúben Amorim warned that when taking over Manchester United ­he cannot be as 'defensive' as the ­Portuguese champions.

    1:43

    Rúben Amorim
    Manager warns 'Manchester United cannot play the way Sporting do'

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The top 100

The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

See who made the lists

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Opinion

  • Thousands of fans holding banners gather in the capital Accra to stage a demonstration protesting against the poor performance of the Ghana national team in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

    No organisation, leadership or direction: Ghana are wasting a generation

    Jonathan Wilson
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    Wretched, haunted but human: Coote was made by modern football

    Barney Ronay
    Refereeing is a nightmare now. Is it really surprising a Premier League official should end up brutalised and spitting toxins on a sofa?
  • A Newcastle fan with the WSL sticker book

    Interest in sticker albums shows potential for women’s football

    Suzanne Wrack
    Fans of the women’s game have had to wait for merchandise such as collectable stickers and demand is intense as a result

    Regulars

    • Brazil

      Football Daily
      Jeers for Brazil and not enough love for Wales

    • Harry Wilson (left) celebrates after scoring Wales's fourth goal.

      Football Weekly
      Big wins for Wales and Scotland in the Nations League

      • Football Daily
        San Marino make history and bring Nations League vindication

      • Women's Football Weekly
        North London is red and Merseyside is blue

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Seger signs off as icon after two decades at the top

      • The Knowledge
        What is the heaviest defeat to end a long unbeaten run?

      • Cartoon
        David Squires on … tough times for City and Coote

      • Premier League
        Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

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    Catch up

    • Italian football legend Christian Vieri photographed in Shoreditch, London

      90s footballers
      Christian Vieri: 'Just like the West Indies, you’ve got to be confident’

    • Manchester United keeper Andre Onana, Pape Matar Sarr of Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood.

      Premier League
      From Onana to Delap: an XI of this season’s surprises so far

    • The World Cup and Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, flank an artist's impression of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium, which Saudi Arabia plans to build on a cliff near Qiddiya before the 2034 World Cup.

      How close could Fifa get to corporate manslaughter?

      Barney Ronay
    • James Rowe

      Interview
      ‘I’ve been carrying a dark cloud’: manager Rowe on trial acquittal

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